VNG Soldiers, Airmen continue COVID-19 response
Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen continue to conduct COVID-19 response mission support, providing key testing sample collection and personal protective equipment fit testing capabilities in support of the Virginia Department of Health and Virginia Department of Emergency Management. Approximately 85 personnel began conducting response missions Sept. 8, 2020, after a week of training and preparation with VDH. Since then, the VNG response team has conducted nearly 12,000 testing sample collections over 130 individual missions, and fitted and trained more than 500 personnel for PPE, including N95 respirator mask fit testings and trainings.